Twitch streamer Jay3 surprises his father and pays off his debt live on Twitch. With this sweet gesture he makes him cry – while he is showered with hearts from the audience.
Who is the streamer? Jay3 is a Florida based streamer that mainly broadcasts Overwatch 2. In his Twitch info, he describes himself as “the most positive streamer in the world (via Twitch).” He has over 556,000 followers on the platform.
On June 28, he announced on Twitter that he would like to share his biggest hit on stream. He encourages his community to turn on notifications so they don’t miss out. He says, “It’s going to be very emotional.”
And he didn’t promise too much, because with a sweet gesture he moved his father to tears. Jay3 paid his father’s debts in one fell swoop – he was completely flabbergasted at first and could hardly believe it.
What exactly happened in the stream? On June 28th, after his tweet, Jay3 went live for 21 minutes. On the stream, he said it’s going to be a big announcement. It’s not about a house or a car. “My heart is beating like crazy,” says the streamer.
He then describes his family circumstances. “My mother died when I was 17. But this is about my father. He lost his wife. His mother died, his father died. All these things happened to my family. I’ve been streaming for over 7 years. […] I appreciate everyone who supports me.”
Through tears he says: “My dad is debt free. And that’s all I want to say. He is getting old. […] The reason I’m doing this on stream is – this is coming from you folks. This is not from me. Without you I would not be able to do this. I want to thank you for that.”
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“You deserve it.”
How does his father react? When his father enters the room, Jay3 says to him: “The chat has a surprise for you.” He takes a seat on the chair, cheerfully greets the chat with “Chat, what’s up? Papa-Jay3 in the House!” Jay3 asks his father to close his eyes and puts an envelope in his hand.
Jay3 says his debt has been paid. He looks in the envelope and says “What?” and “Impossible” several times. Then he says to his son: “Was that you? Come on man.” rubbing his eyes. Jay3 replies, “It was us.”
Here’s his reaction in the Twitch clip:
Then he looks up and says in the direction of the chat: “God bless you all. […] I came home from work, took a shower and then got the biggest surprise of my life.”
He points to the chat and says “Check this out, wow.”
How is the community reacting? In the chat, viewers spam heart emotes and messages like “We’ve paid off the debt!” and “You deserve it.” The clip has over 85,000 views to date.
The clip was picked up on the subreddit r/LivestreamFail (via Reddit). There, Jay3 is praised for the gesture. User mohmarshad94 wrote: “Jay is a really nice guy. I really hope he does well in the future.” (via Reddit)
DoobaDoobaDooba writes, “Well done Jay and I’m happy for his dad. You can’t imagine the relief it must be to know that you are starting over and how proud he must be of his son.”
By the way, Jay is not the only streamer who moves his father to tears with a nice gesture in the live stream:
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